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You guys, what

are we going to do

about this Ian

Petrella situation?

Nothing.

I think his store is fantastic.

Just because you got

yourself a boy toy out of it

doesn't mean we can let

Kevin's store bite the dust.

Yeah, man, guy's

a millionaire.

He can run us out of business.

[Mark] You know what?

Don't worry about it.

I have an idea, I'll

take care of this.

What are you gonna do,

accuse those bikini sluts

of devirginizing you?

[Kevin] Yeah, man,

what are you gonna do?

The less you know, the better.

Plausible deniability,

my friends.

Plausible deniability.

Oh, hey, Kev, what's up?

We need to talk.

Yeah, I think we do.

So you're only

into girls, huh?

Yeah, are you okay with that?

Guess I have to be, right?

Some people have a hard time

being around gay people.

If you've seen some of the

people that came in here,

they make Freddie

Mercury look butch.

If I can be cool with them,

- I'll be cool with you.

- Good.

'Cause I like you,

Kevin, I really do.

I mean, probably not

how you were hoping,

but I like you.

I was waiting for

the right time.

I just, I didn't wanna

ruin our friendship.

Yeah, but it was

kinda my fault, too.

I was so puppy dog all over ya,

I didn't even give you the

right time to take advantage of.

Well, does that

mean I can stay?

You could be a convicted

felon and you could still stay.

You're awesome.

- I'd be an idiot to fire you.

- (sighs) Good.

Oh no, that won't do.

- Thank you.

- Mm hmm.

I didn't do it,

I didn't do it.

I didn't do it.

What are you

babblin' on about?

Dude, didn't you hear?

Ian's Comics burnt to

the ground last night.

Well, on that note,

see you guys later.

Wait, what?

The whole place is gone, man!

Demolished!

What'd you do?

Nothing!

I, I went over there to

silly string their windows,

and when I got there, the

whole place was ablaze.

Wait a minute.

That's it, that was

your big master plan?

The thing I couldn't

be a part of

because of plausible

deniability?

Dude, they saw

you in that store

telling him to go burn in hell.

They're gonna think we did it.

And, unlike Todd, I

don't think you and I

are gonna do very

well in prison.

All right, all right,

hold on, hold on.

We need to come

up with an alibi.

We need to come

up with an alibi.

Uh, where was I last night?

Cool your jets, ladies.

I spoke to Stanley this morning.

You know, my new boy toy?

His name is Stanley.

Well, anyways, he

said it was due

to a big electrical fire.

Everything went up in flames

because all the

lasers and lights

they had going on there.

So the evil reign

of Ian's Comics

is now over.

(chuckles) And here I was

thinkin' that we were

gonna go to jail.

Yeah, it really makes

ya think, doesn't it?

Yeah, just to think,

one minute, anything

can go up in smoke.

No pun intended.

Makes you really wanna

be able to say things

that you've always

wanted to say,

and do things that you

always wanted to do.

Especially to people that

you really care about.

You guys, watch the store.

I gotta go do some thinking.

(doorknob rattles)

(sighs)

(keys jangle)

I let myself in with a key.

What do you want?

Ash, I'm not ready

to give up on us yet.

Kevin, we've been

through this before.

[Kevin] I know, I know,

but you know there's no

real scientific explanation

for us not to be together.

I know.

Ash, listen.

Ever since the first

time I met you,

and saw you,

I knew I had to have you.

And after being

together for so long,

and knowin' so much about you,

like how you love country

music when you're alone,

how (chuckles)

you actually think

people don't smell the

marijuana on your shirt

after you're done smoking,

and how protective you

are with all your friends.

And everybody just

wants you to be happy.

And the only time that

you were actually happy

was when we were together.

I love you, Ash.

And I just wanna spend the

rest of our lives together.

What do ya say?

(Ashley sighs)

(pounding rock music)

Day to night

We're all alone

Our reflections

Are not our own

We're breaking down

We're bleeding out

Why can't we find the way out

Find a way

Out

Go again

Why do we hurt ourselves

Over and over again

Again

Hurting through all our lives

Over and over

Over and over again

When the time has come

Will we see ourselves

Holding on to what remains

It's burning down

It's fading out

Why can't we find our way out

Find our way out

Over again

Why do we hurt ourselves

Over and over again

Again

Hurting through all our lives

Over

Again

All right, dude,

just tell me already.

Are you and Ashley getting

back together again?

It just sucks not

to know, come on.

Oh God, this guy again.

Now I told you once,

and I'm gonna tell you again,

that I will not rest

until I am the last

comic book store

standing in Cleveland, Ohio.

[Kevin] You do know how

insane you sound, right?

Yes.

Who the hell was that?

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